Where does “καμφορά” come from?
καμφορά (Ancient Greek) comes from Arabic كَافُور, from Malay kapur, from Pahlavi 𐭪𐭠𐭯𐭥𐭫, from Sanskrit कर्पूर, from Pali kappūra, from Old Malay kapur, from Proto-Malayic *kapur, from Proto-Austronesian qapuʀ — lime, calcium.
Ancestry of “καμφορά”, step by step